A nurse manager has received a report that indicates the infection rate on the unit has gone up by 25% in the past month. The control phase of management requires that the nurse manager take action. What should the nurse manager do?
a. Post the report for staff to read.
b. Pull a couple of the nurses aside and dis-cuss the issue with them.
c. Send an email out to the staff with infor-mation regarding upcoming infection prevention conference.
d. Provide a mandatory handwashing in-service to all staff.
D
The nurse manager has a duty to implement and mandate interventions to reduce infection rates for her unit. Providing a mandatory handwashing in-service to all staff is the best way to do this and to ensure that every staff member is competent. The other options may be used in the process for the nurse manager to set up or reinforce the handwashing in-service program.
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